Hypnosis F.A.Q.  Continued:

Q.   Does a person in hypnosis lose self-control? 

 A.  Just as many people think that a hypnotized person will carry out any suggestion given to him, people also fear that they may lose control of themselves in self-hypnosis.  This is totally untrue.  One will do nothing in hypnosis that he would not be ordinarily willing to do.  Suggestions given to a person in hypnosis, whether by himself or by some else, must be acceptable to both the conscious and the unconscious parts of the mind. 

Q.   Can hypnosis totally block out all attention to things that happen in normal life?

A.  Yes if the subject specifically wants to.  However, people in hypnosis usually are aware of everything that goes on around them; they are merely so relaxed that they do not pay attention to anything except the matter they are focusing on.   

Q.  How does hypnosis differ from altered states of Consciousness induced by such drugs as LSD, mescaline, or other hallucinogenic drugs?  

A.  Subject matter - Usually no one can predict the trip on which an LSD subject will be taken. The outcome or effects of the trip may be good or bad, no one really knows beforehand.  The subject of self-induced hypnosis can determine, sometimes in minute detail, the route of his trip.     

      Duration - The person under the influence of LSD normally remains in that state for many hours. A self-induced state of hypnosis lasts just as long as the subject wishes it to last. This may mean anything from five minutes to five days.          

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